MO Flashcards
front and center
African-American women are front and center in a debate.
loom above/over/up/out of
Dozens of billboards loom over several neighborhoods in Atlanta.
space (v.)
When you talk about not being able to control the timing and the spacing of our children,
hark back to
Guess what that harkens back to? Slavery.
tear down
I think they need to tear the billboard down.
venial
(not very serious, and therefore easy to forgive)
As far as environmental sins go, you can file this one in the venial category.
swap for
(to replace one thing with another)
You could do way more for the planet, for example, by swapping out a single incandescent light bulb for a compact fluorescent one.
bail
Bailing the Titanic with a teaspoon.
in the ballpark
(not calculated exactly but within the correct general range)
That puts them in about the same ballpark as cell phones.
idle
(machines or factories that are idle are not being used)
A laptop that’s idle but not asleep will draw closer to 15 to 20 Watts.
top up
(to add more liquid to someone’s glass or cup in order to make it full)
It would allow you to monitor their progress and unplug them when they’re done topping up.
brim (n.)
(the top edge of a cup or bowl)
He filled the glass to the brim.
inherent (a.)
(an inherent quality is a basic or essential feature that gives something its character)
Still, the modest savings you make could easily be undone by inherent inefficiencies by your car’s electrical system.
by all means
(used for politely agreeing with someone, giving permission, or saying ‘yes’)
‘Do you mind if I invite a few friends?’ ‘By all means.’
count on
(to hope or expect that something will happen or that someone will do something)
If you’re counting on that tax refund this year, and so many people are, there’s a growing number of states so cash-strapped that they’re now planning to delay sending out those refund checks.
revenue
((정부・기관의) 수익[수입/세입] // income from business activities or taxes)
Just how desperate are some states for revenue?
put a hold on
(to place restriction on sth so that it is reserved, delayed, or inactivated)
New York put a temporary hold on 500 million dollars of refunds.
hang on to
(to hold tightly to something)
Several other states are so strapped for cash, they may hang on to the money for months.
in the red
(in debt)
The state, 13 billion dollars in the red, cannot pay many of its bills.
table (v.)
(to suggest formally in a meeting something that you would like everyone to discuss)
The Guardian reported on its front page on October 13th that a question had been tabled by an MP in Parliament.
cryptic
(expressing something in a mysterious or indirect way so that it is difficult to understand)
a cryptic message/comment/note
contort (v.)
(if your face or body contorts, or if you contort it, it twists into shapes or positions that are not natural)
The contorted language was the result of a ‘super-injunction’.
injunction
a court order, usually one telling someone not to do sth
a gagging order
(미국법) (법정에서 심리 중인 사항에 관한) 보도[공표] 금지령
bowdlerize
((보통 못마땅함) (책・연극 등에서) 충격적인[불온한] 부분을 삭제하다)
The Guardian’s bowdlerized article was published online.
[laɪbələs] libellous
명예를 훼손하는
dyke
(특히 바닷가의) 제방
go easy on sth
(do not use too much of something, speak too much about something, etc)
Go easy on the salt, please.
sturdy
The country’s free-speech provisions are insufficiently sturdy.
clamp down
(범죄를) 단속하다
a campaign by police to clamp down on street crime
crumb (n.)
(Crumbs are tiny pieces that fall from bread, biscuits, or cake when you cut it or eat it.)
a few crumbs of useful information
reckon (v.)
(to believe that something is true)
Mr. Stephens reckons that between 200 and 300 are in force at any time.
in force
(present in large numbers)
pre-emptive
(done or said to prevent something from happening)
These days judges lean towards granting pre-emptive inunctions before publication, rather than forcing plaintiffs to sue after the story has come out.
lean toward
((특히 어떤 의견·관심사 쪽으로 마음이) 기울어지다 )
outfit (n.)
(함께 작업하는) 팀[그룹/집단 등]
a market research outfit
hold sway (in)
(to be the main influence on people’s opinions or behaviour)
The concept of ‘publish and be danmned’ doesn’t hold much sway in the Royal Courts of Justice.
nosedive (n.)
For the third straight day, stocks took a nosedive.
jitter (n.)
(nervousness and anxiety)
Yesterday, the market was driven down by jitters.
waver (v.)
(if a person wavers, they are not certain about what to say or do)
Today, by wavering support for the chairman of the Fed, Ben Benanke,
in the crossfire
But now he appears to be caught in the crossfire of voter anger.
on edge
(nervous and unable to relax because you are worried)
That has the market on edge.
electorate
(전체) 유권자
The electorate is looking to take it out on somebody.
a clean break
(a sudden complete end to something such as a relationship or a period of time spent in a place)
Our next Federal Reserve chairman must represent a clean break from the failed policies of the past.
the Treasury
(영국・미국・ 일부 다른 국가들에서) 재무부
the Treasury secretary
delegate (n.)
(집단의 의사를 대표하는) 대표(자)
Today’s announcement comes as delegates from around the world gather in Copenhagen for the largest global warming conference in history.
hammer out
머리를 짜서 생각해 내다, (토의하여 문제를) 타결하다
Delegates began hammering out the details of an agreement.
fudge (v.)
얼버무리다
Climate scientists appear to fudge data.
undermine (v.)
Saudi Arabia claimed a series of stolen e-mails undermine the need to act on global warming.
act on
(to do something because you have been given information, advice, or orders)
blip (n.)
일시적인 상황 변화; 일시적인 문제
And as we look forward, I worry much more about not acting urgently than I do about what will ultimately be a small blip.
momentum
(일의 진행에 있어서의) 탄력[가속도]
The fight for his release gathers momentum each day.
daunt (v.)
She was a brave woman but she felt daunted by the task ahead.
confront (v.)
(위험한 상황 등에) 정면으로 부딪치다[마주치다]
The boss predicted that the economic crisis would finally force the world’s car industry to confront profit-destroying overcapacity.
[U , sing.] overcapacity
(상업) 생산 과잉
consolidation
합동, 합병; 통합, (부채 등의) 정리
He thought that consolidation would result in there being only six high-volume carmakers left in the world.
[U] wishful thinking
희망 사항(에 불과한 일)
I’ve got a feeling that Alex likes me, but that might just be wishful thinking.
shed
(원하지 않는 것을) 없애다[버리다]
GM has shed some brands and factories in America.
bailout
(심각한 재정 위기에 처한 기업・국가 등에 대한) 긴급 구제
perennial
(always existing, or never seeming to change)
The Wizard of Oz is a perennial favourite with children.
dowry
(신랑/신부의) 지참금
home equity
주택자산
We took out a home equity loan to pay Tom’s tuition at college.
trade down
(to sell a large or relatively expensive house, car, etc, and replace it with a smaller or less expensive one )
Without such easy money, they will trade down to smaller models.
easy money
쉽게 번 돈, 사취한 돈, 부정 이득; 손쉬운 돈벌이
the scrappage scheme (=the cash-for-clunkers program)
The Scrappage Scheme would apply to owners of cars nine years old or older.
a day of reckoning
심판의 날대가를 치르게 되는 날
But it has merely delayed the day of reckoning.
upswing
(어느 정도의 기간에 걸친) 호전[상승/증가]
The inevitable restructuring will be less painful if it is done during an upswing.
one way or another
(used for saying that something will definitely happen, even though you do not know how it will happen)
But one way or another, they will come true eventually.
sewage
[U] 하수, 오물 (the sewage system:하수 시스템-sanitation/hygiene)
A heatwave cooked the sewage-chocked Thames and fumes cloaked the city in what came to be known as the Great Stink.
chock (v.)
to hold something motionless
cloak (v.)
(to cloak something means to cover it or hide it.)
cloak-and-dagger (a.)
비밀과 의문에 가득찬, 첩보 영화 같은
drape (v.)
(옷・천 등을 느슨하게) 걸치다[씌우다]
Parliament draped lime-infused sheets over its windows in an attempt at emergency deodorization.
stall (v.)
교착 상태에 빠뜨리다, 지연시키다; 교착 상태에 빠지다, 지연되다
A slow improvement during the 1990s has stalled, and pollution in the city regularly breaches limits recommended by the WHO.
[pl.] particulates
입자성 물질
[U] gunk
(불쾌감을 주는) 미끈미끈[질척질척]한 것, 걸쭉한 액체(gunge); 오물.
Road transport produces most of both types of gunk.
grotty
불쾌한, 저급한
On particularly grotty days, all traffic could be barred from certain parts of the city centre.
mucky(=dirty)
Trees will be planted around the muckiest highways.
wheedle (v.)
(to persuade someone using tricks, lies, or flattery)
It became clear that British attempts to wheedle more time from the EC were not going well.
stump up
(=shell out, cough up)
Who is going to stump up the extra money?
crunch (n.)
((무엇이, 특히 돈이, 갑자기 부족한) 부족 사태 )
Even optimists think that with a huge fiscal crunch looming and all three big parties engaged in bouts of cost-cutting one-upmanship, Mr. Johnson will have to battle to extract any cash at all from Whitehall.
[U] one-upmanship
(못마땅함) (남보다) 한 발[수] 앞섬
[sing.+ sing./pl. v.] Whitehall
영국 정부
intensify
(if something intensifies, or if you intensify it, it becomes greater, stronger, or more extreme)
London’s pollution problems are likely to intensify as the city starts growing again after the recession.
platitudinous [plæ̀tətjú:dənəs]
쓸데없는 말을 하는; 평범한, 하찮은
There are no plans for pollution-charging to cover private cars(only platitudinous incentives for electric cars).
ornithologist [ɔ:rnɪθɑ:lədƷɪst]
조류학자
incapacitate
When they’re released, they’re still incapacitated.They are still sick.
ingest
(전문 용어) (음식・약 등을) 삼키다[먹다]
They’d ingested it as they’d tried to preen.
euthanize
안락사시키다
Oiled birds should be left alone or euthanized.
euthanasia [ju:θəneɪƷə] 안락사
astro-physics
astrology
astronomy
astro-physics: 천체물리학
astrology: 점성술
astronomy: 천문학
wobble
(불안정하게) 흔들리다[떨리다]; 흔들다, 떨다
They could see how the star wobbled as the planet’s gravity pulled on it.
descend [dɪ|send]
( to go down)
You could imagine descending down into that atmosphere.
fatten up
(to give an animal or a person a lot of food so that they become fatter )
They fatten up on grass during the fertile, sunny summer.
scrawny
(to look unattractive because they are so thin)
The grass disappears and the smallest, scrawniest sheep die off, while their bigger cousins survive.
die off
(결국 하나도 안 남게 될 때까지) 하나하나씩 죽어 가다
[U] natural selection
자연 도태, 자연 선택
[C] signature
[주로 단수로] 특징
It’s not leaving as big as a signature as it used to.
explore
(to examine or discuss a subject, idea etc thoroughly)
The Science paper explores a fascinating topic.
blustery [|blʌstəri]
( Blustery weather is rough, windy, and often rainy, with the wind often changing in strength or direction.)
Warmer winters in blustery Scotland migh sound nice.
in one’s tracks
그 자리에서, 즉각, 당장
The policeman shot a criminal in his tracks.
fieldwork
[U] 현장 연구
Doing fieldwork is one of the common methods used by anthropologists in their study.
crunch (the) numbers
(to do a lot of calculations in order to find an answer)
Crunching data from satellites is much less costly.
a data cruncher: 데이터 분석가
a number cruncher= statistician
[U] chlorophyll
엽록소
[U] salinity
염분, 염분 함유도, 염도
endemic (a.)
species endemic to Madagascar
childbearing age
This is something every woman of childbearing age ought to be paying attention to.
rub off (on/onto somebody)
사람의 특질·행동·견해 등이 (~에게) 옮다[전염되다/물들다]
Lead can rub off and onto things that you’re carrying, like your lunch.
implicate
~ sth (in/as sth) (나쁜 것의) 원인임을 보여주다[시사하다]
Lead has been implicated in a laundry list of health concerns, mostly for children, pregnant women and women who hope to become pregnant.
settlement
[C] (분쟁 등을 끝내는 공식적인) 합의
The companies in the settlement agreed to pull suspect bags from their shelves in California.
the National Guard
(미국에서 연방 정부가 활용할 수 있는) 주(州)방위군, 주군(州軍)
When National Guard shot four unarmed students at Kent State, virtually the entire system of higher education shuddered and stopped.
weigh
(to balance in the mind in order to make a choice)
We miss the point if we weigh only how technology shapes a generation, not the other way around.
cocoon (n.)
The millenials were raised in a cocoon.
vindicate
1.(특히 남들은 달리 생각할 때) …의 정당성을 입증하다
2.(혐의를 받고 있는 사람의) 무죄를 입증하다[혐의를 벗기다]
In that event, their vision would be vindicated.
revoke
(격식) 폐지[철회/취소]하다
The House and Senate have both approved a measure, revoking a ban on loaded guns in national parks.
marinate
poopy diapers, marinating in the swampy, fecal stew
swampy
늪이 많은; 늪 같은; 습지가 있는; 질퍽질퍽한
pail (n.)
a bucket, especially one made of wood or metal
We brought in a number of diaper pails.
sappy (=soppy)
(very emotional)
Happiness is a sappy word and a flimsy concept–more fleeting than contentment.
flimsy
(badly built or made, and so likely to break easily
not very reliable, or not easy to believe)
fleeting (a.)
[주로 명사 앞에 씀] 순식간의, 잠깐 동안의
a fleeting moment of happiness
tank (v.)
(to fail completely)
The markets tanked last fall.
[sing.] the Apocalypse
(성서에 묘사된) 세상의 종말
Overall well-being was higher than it was in the summer of 2008, before the Apocalypse.
fizz (v.)
(음료가 거품이 일며) 쉬익 하는 소리를 내다
An August report from the Pepsi positively fizzed.
corrosive
(격식) 좀[갉아]먹는
Expectation inflation, a phenomenon that can be as corrosive to our spirit as price inflation is to our savings.
[C] mash-up
(something created by combining elements from two or more sources)
Expectations are a mash-up of hope and conceit.
conceit (n.)
자만심
effectively (=in effect)
He was very polite but effectively he was telling me that I had no chance of getting the job.
in current dollars (=in real terms / in nominal terms)
Charitable giving in current dollars dropped for the first time in 20 years in 2008.
make of
~(의 의미[성격])를 ~라고 이해[생각]하다
I don’t know what to make of the new manager: 난 새 매니저를 어떻게 생각해야 할지 모르겠다.
ricochet [ˈrɪkəʃeɪ] off
움직이는 물체가 …에 맞고[…을 스치고] 튀어 나오다[나가다]
It rises as it ricochets off other people, returning to us stronger by virtue of being released.
overpass (n.)
[미] (입체 교차의) 고가 도로, 고가 철도, 육교; (도로·철도 등의 위에 가설된) 다리
David made his way to an interstate and the overpass to tell us the reasons.
[C] turnaround
(상황의) 호전(好轉)
It’s such a remarkable turnaround that today here in Washington, transportation officials were almost at a loss to explain it.
drop-off
감소, 하락, 쇠퇴
Officials say another factor in the recent drop-off has to do with money.
calling plan
전화 요금제
fracture
골절 (부위); 균열, (갈라진) 금
My son was typing when he drove off the road and died of a massive skull fracture.
sober up
These types of campaigns have literally saved thousands of lives by getting people to buckle up and sober up.
draw the line (at ~)
~을 (하기를) 거부하다; 한도를 정하다[선을 긋다]
But I draw the line at his being more expensively dressed.
ape (v.)
(무엇을 제대로 하지 못하고) 겨우 흉내만 내다
But state schools that ape ancient private ones by adopting fancy uniforms have had a mixed reception.
second-hand (a.)
(second-hand things are not new and have been owned by someone else.)
Costs cannot be cut by buying second-hand or dressing younger siblings in hand-me-downs.
hand-me-down (a.)
만들어 놓은, 기성복의; 헌 옷의; 싼 옷의; 독창성 없는
[U] disaffection
불평, (특히 정부에 대한) 불만, 민심 이탈; 혐오, 적의
But more dangerous for schools than some parents’ disaffection is the broader impression of exclusivity a posh uniform creates.
posh (a.)
(값 비싸고) 우아한, 화려한
be under fire
(be criticized, insulted, etc)
They are already under fire from the charities regulator for offering little benefit to the masses.
moot (a.)
(가능성이 적으므로) 고려할 가치가 없는
To the spammer, it is moot whether the link is e-mailed, tweeted or linked.
play on/upon something
(남의 감정 등을) 이용하다
The spammer plays upon the universal human desire.
[C] fiddle
(고치거나 작동시키기 위한) 손대기
A few fiddles might help, such as tougher default privacy settings on social networks.
